This is a list of things people in Japan claim they can’t stop doing even if people tell them to. If you’ve been around people eating here in Japan, I’m sure you’ve seen them all! If you haven’t been to Japan, I hope this provides food for thought or questions or comments about the culture…
OguShio (Kumiko Ogura and Reiko Shiota), the Japanese women’s badminton team, famous for their play and looks recently had a press conference to announce that they would be breaking up, but continuing to play with other partners. There are some cynical ways to view this news. I don’t which, if any, of the following are…
A meeting between Osaka Governor Toru Hashimoto and some local high school students ended in Niagara Falls (by this I mean the lots of crying meaning not the delightful honeymoon spot meaning). News media are reporting that Hashimoto actually (horrors) responded to them as if they were adults. At one point a male student of…
Over here in Japan there’s been a lot of debate and talk and waffling about who will coach the Japanese team at the World Baseball Classic this year. In reference to the WBC coaching controversy in Japan, Ichiro was quoted as saying that it doesn’t even seem like Japan is serious about fielding their strongest…
Google-mania.net reports recent sightings of the Google Streetview car in Okinawa, as well as Hiroshima, Miyagi, Fukuoka, Aichi, Niigata, and Hokkaido. Various sources reported seeing the Google Streetview car in Naha, Okinawa, as well as Miyakojima. It waqs also reported roaming around Hiroshima City, Nagoya and Kita-Nagoya City in Aichi, Niigata City in Niigata, Ishimaki…
Kazuyoshi Miura, facing charges of murder conspiracy in the death of his wife, was found dead of an apparent suicide in his jail cell in Los Angeles. Miura is accused of being involved in the shooting death of his wife Kazumi in Los Angeles in November 1981. Miura served some time in prison in Japan…
A British man living in Spain, visiting Japan with a group of eight people was arrested for swimming around in the moat at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, climbing some rock walls, as well as threatening and evading police. He was completely naked at the time. You can watch the video below… you have to…
The new Nintendo DSi is due out next month. Although some seem to think the iPhone is an issue, it seems like Nintendo’s attempt to catch up with the current leader, the Playstation Portable or PSP.
I got the email today from Amazon Japan and Citibank Japan informing me that the Amazon Credit Card was going to end as of December 15,2008.
Japan’s business online newspaper Nikkei Net reports that the next generation of Nintendo DS game consoles will be equipt with cameras, including features which allow users to take pictures with the camera for use in various games. The new Nintendo will also have digital audio playback capabilities, and ways to import music from CDs and…
Report of a suicide at a train station in Hyogo Prefecture in which innocent bystanders also suffered injuries.
Japanese Professional Baseball star Kiyohara of the Orix complained about being thrown a change-up by closer Micheal Nakamura of Nippon Ham.Kiyohara argued that Micheal, as the Japanese-Australian player is generally referred to in Japan, should have thrown a fastball instead of striking him out with a low-outside change-up. WITH VIDEO.